Gateway and Adjoining Walls at Garden Entrance to Oaks Park

GATEWAY AND ADJOINING WALLS AT GARDEN ENTRANCE TO OAKS PARK, NORTON LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1271161
Date first listed:
28-Jun-1973
List Entry Name:
Gateway and Adjoining Walls at Garden Entrance to Oaks Park
Statutory Address:
GATEWAY AND ADJOINING WALLS AT GARDEN ENTRANCE TO OAKS PARK, NORTON LANE

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Date:
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1271161
Date first listed:
28-Jun-1973
Date of most recent amendment:
12-Dec-1995
List Entry Name:
Gateway and Adjoining Walls at Garden Entrance to Oaks Park
Statutory Address 1:
GATEWAY AND ADJOINING WALLS AT GARDEN ENTRANCE TO OAKS PARK, NORTON LANE

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
GATEWAY AND ADJOINING WALLS AT GARDEN ENTRANCE TO OAKS PARK, NORTON LANE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Sheffield (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
SK 36541 82076

Details

SHEFFIELD

SK38SE NORTON LANE, Norton 784-1/10/871 (East side (off)) 28/06/73 Gateway and adjoining walls at garden entrance to Oaks Park (Formerly Listed as: NORTON LANE Gateway at main entrance to gardens of Oaks Park)

GV II*

Gateway and adjoining walls and gate piers. Early C18 and early C19. Main gateway has a pair of corniced ashlar gate piers topped with carved urns. Elaborate high quality wrought-iron gates with overthrow. Concave screen walls with ramped slab coping, with corniced square pier to right. Adjoining wall, coursed squared stone with slab coping, approx 1.3m high, has a wrought-iron pedestrian gate to left of the main gateway. This wall runs to left in a convex curve, then in a straight section approx 100m long. Part way along this section is a short similar wall at right angles, with a pair of rusticated ashlar gate piers with ball finials, leading to the stable yard. At the far end, a short section approx 2.5m high, linked to the rear of Oaks Park (qv) and containing a gateway.

Listing NGR: SK3654182076

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Legacy System number:
455872
Legacy System:
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Sources

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Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 37 South Yorkshire,

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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